E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-11] Iridium is offering free calls from ships to naval forces, the company announced May 25.             This is a new component of Iridium’s program for combating piracy...

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-11] Comtech EF Data and KNS, a Korean satellite antenna systems manufacturer, have completed the successful technology integration of the SuperTrack Series of marine stabilized antenna systems and...

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11]  Detecon Al Saudia, a provider of telecommunication and IT services to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, is launching a new geo-redundant satellite service in Saudi Arabia....

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11] SES Astra is increasing the speed of its broadband service being offered in Europe, the company announced May 25.      It will increase the download speed for Astra2Connectto...

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11]  Singapore’s first locally-built micro-satellite in space, X-Sat, has started to transmit images back to Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) confirmed May 24.             The images from...

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11] Com Dev has appointed Roberta Bondar to its board of directors, the company announced May 24.      Bondar was selected in 1983 as one of the original...

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11]  Qualcomm has revealed details of a new smartphone using one of its chipsets, which supports both the Russian GLONASS and U.S. GPS satellite navigation systems, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11] Both International Launch Services (ILS) and Arianespace completed successful launches May 20. Arianespace successfully launched ST-2 for ST-2 Satellite Ventures, a joint venture of SingTel and Chunghwa...

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11]  SES Astra has signed a new capacity deal for a 3-D TV channel, the company announced May 23.      The agreement is with Penthouse Digital Media Productions...

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11] Eutelsat has hooked up with one of Scandinavia’s biggest telcos to enable them to provide a satellite broadband service based on the Ka-Sat satellite, the operator announced May...